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.TH bpkg-help 1 "June 2024" "bpkg 0.17.0"
.SH NAME
\fBbpkg-help\fR \- show help for a command or help topic
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fBbpkg help\fR [\fIcommand\fR | \fItopic\fR]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Show the detailed help for \fIcommand\fR or help \fItopic\fR or a summary of
available commands and topics if none was specified\.
.SH "COMMON OPTIONS"
.PP
The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description
available in \fBbpkg-common-options(1)\fP\.
.IP "\fB-v\fR"
Print essential underlying commands being executed\.
.IP "\fB-V\fR"
Print all underlying commands being executed\.
.IP "\fB--quiet\fR|\fB-q\fR"
Run quietly, only printing error messages\.
.IP "\fB--verbose\fR \fIlevel\fR"
Set the diagnostics verbosity to \fIlevel\fR between 0 and 6\.
.IP "\fB--stdout-format\fR \fIformat\fR"
Representation format to use for printing to \fBstdout\fR\.
.IP "\fB--jobs\fR|\fB-j\fR \fInum\fR"
Number of jobs to perform in parallel\.
.IP "\fB--no-result\fR"
Don't print informational messages about the outcome of performing a command
or some of its parts\.
.IP "\fB--structured-result\fR \fIfmt\fR"
Write the result of performing a command in a structured form\.
.IP "\fB--progress\fR"
Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network
transfers, building, etc\.
.IP "\fB--no-progress\fR"
Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network
transfers, building, etc\.
.IP "\fB--diag-color\fR"
Use color in diagnostics\.
.IP "\fB--no-diag-color\fR"
Don't use color in diagnostics\.
.IP "\fB--build\fR \fIpath\fR"
The build program to be used to build packages\.
.IP "\fB--build-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the build program\.
.IP "\fB--fetch\fR \fIpath\fR"
The fetch program to be used to download resources\.
.IP "\fB--fetch-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the fetch program\.
.IP "\fB--fetch-timeout\fR \fIsec\fR"
The fetch and fetch-like (for example, \fBgit\fR) program timeout\.
.IP "\fB--pkg-proxy\fR \fIurl\fR"
HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and archives from
remote \fBpkg\fR repositories\.
.IP "\fB--git\fR \fIpath\fR"
The git program to be used to fetch git repositories\.
.IP "\fB--git-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional common option to be passed to the git program\.
.IP "\fB--sha256\fR \fIpath\fR"
The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums\.
.IP "\fB--sha256-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program\.
.IP "\fB--tar\fR \fIpath\fR"
The tar program to be used to extract package archives\.
.IP "\fB--tar-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the tar program\.
.IP "\fB--openssl\fR \fIpath\fR"
The openssl program to be used for crypto operations\.
.IP "\fB--openssl-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the openssl program\.
.IP "\fB--auth\fR \fItype\fR"
Types of repositories to authenticate\.
.IP "\fB--trust\fR \fIfingerprint\fR"
Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 \fIfingerprint\fR\.
.IP "\fB--trust-yes\fR"
Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is \fByes\fR\.
.IP "\fB--trust-no\fR"
Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is \fBno\fR\.
.IP "\fB--git-capabilities\fR \fIup\fR=\fIpc\fR"
Protocol capabilities (\fIpc\fR) for a \fBgit\fR repository URL prefix
(\fIup\fR)\.
.IP "\fB--pager\fR \fIpath\fR"
The pager program to be used to show long text\.
.IP "\fB--pager-option\fR \fIopt\fR"
Additional option to be passed to the pager program\.
.IP "\fB--options-file\fR \fIfile\fR"
Read additional options from \fIfile\fR\.
.IP "\fB--default-options\fR \fIdir\fR"
The directory to load additional default options files from\.
.IP "\fB--no-default-options\fR"
Don't load default options files\.
.IP "\fB--keep-tmp\fR"
Don't remove the \fBbpkg\fR's temporary directory at the end of the command
execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or higher\.
.SH "DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES"
.PP
See \fBbpkg-default-options-files(1)\fP for an overview of the default options
files\. For the \fBhelp\fR command the following options files are searched
for only in the predefined directories (home, system, etc) and, if found,
loaded in the order listed:
.PP
.nf
bpkg\.options
bpkg-help\.options
.fi
.SH BUGS
Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2014-2024 the build2 authors.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
the terms of the MIT License.
